Urban Vitality
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Research: another piece of the physiotherapy jigsaw puzzle
4 May 2021 | Urban VitalityContributing to the physical and emotional health of patients and adding value to her field. Those are former student and physiotherapist Heather’s (28) goals. In 2014, she moved from the United States to ...
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More engagement in priority neighbourhoods since coronavirus
4 September 2020 | Urban VitalityIn the Netherlands, the impact of coronavirus is being felt even harder in priority neighbourhoods than in other areas. At the same time, many positive new initiatives, such as free meals and grocery services, have ...
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Elderly recovering from Covid-19 monitored with sensors
2 July 2020 | Urban VitalityElderly individuals recovering from COVID-19 will be receiving remote support for the next six months in a new research project being conducted by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), GRZPLUS and ...
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Former intensive care patients no longer on their own at home
22 June 2020 | Urban VitalityPatients returning home after a stay in intensive care are overwhelmed by a great sense of uncertainty. How will their recovery go from here? Fortunately, they are no longer on their own. From now on, patients in the ...
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Health care students join forces to improve elderly care
31 May 2020 | Urban VitalityFrom 5 February, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will test a new approach to improve care for vulnerable elderly people in Amsterdam Zuidoost. Paramedical and nursing work placement students from both ...
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Urban Vitality #keepyourcityfit
8 May 2020 | Urban VitalityStudies show that the average Amsterdam resident is in much poorer health than the average Dutch citizen. This calls for fun and creative ideas, sound research and ingenious interventions.
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Community care: more vital than ever in the time of corona
6 May 2020 | Urban Vitality'Keep using community care services!' The appeal made by Minister De Jonge of Health, Welfare and Sport on 14 April was quite clear, but to what extent is it actually being taken to heart in practice? How are ...
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Malnutrition makes the elderly more susceptible to COVID-19
24 April 2020 | Urban VitalityThe corona crisis increases the risk of malnutrition in the elderly, making them more susceptible to COVID-19 warns Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Peter Weijs of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
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COVID-19 patients at risk of developing new symptoms post-ICU
1 April 2020 | Urban VitalityCOVID-19 patients hospitalised in the ICU have an increased risk of PICS: Post-intensive Care Syndrome warns Marike van der Schaaf, professor of Acute Care Rehabilitation at the Amsterdam University of Applied ...
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Prestigious Prize awarded to ‘Everyday life after hip fracture'
14 January 2020 | Urban VitalityThe prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to the paper ‘Everyday life after a hip fracture: what community-living older adults perceive as most beneficial for their recovery’. The ...
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AUAS researches the impact of UEFA EURO 2020 on Amsterdam
15 October 2019 | Urban VitalityAmsterdam will be one of the host cities of the European Football Championship (UEFA EURO 2020) in June and July 2020. What will Amsterdam’s residents and visitors think of this event, and what will volunteers ...
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AUAS and University of Manitoba join forces
10 October 2019 | Faculty of HealthThe Faculty of Health at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba are about to embark on an intensive cooperation. They will join forces to ...
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Occupational science focuses on social transformation
6 September 2019 | Urban VitalityGrowing nationalism, migration, a shrinking welfare state: all these changes have a particularly strong effect on vulnerable groups. Occupational therapy, a care- and welfare-oriented profession, is increasingly ...
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Urinary problems often paired with lower back pain in men
14 March 2019 | Urban VitalityNinety per cent of men who go to see a urologist due to difficulty urinating also experience lower back pain. Tom Vredeveld, a physiotherapist and lecturer-researcher at the AUAS, is going to be studying links ...
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Tailored cardiac rehabilitation for frail elderly patients
21 February 2019 | Urban VitalityPatients who are hospitalised after a cardiovascular event recover better with cardiac rehabilitation. This means routinely returning to hospital for several consecutive months for a supervised programme of fitness, ...
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New research on effective physical education in childhood
30 January 2019 | Urban VitalityIn Amsterdam, twenty per cent of primary school children have delayed motor development. A test is available that physical education teachers can use to identify these youngsters, but then what? In early 2019, the ...
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Grant for new health care programme to benefit elderly migrants
10 July 2017 | Urban VitalityThe Weight Management research group will receive a grant for the development of an exercise and nutrition programme (ProMIO) aimed at elderly migrants. The number of elderly migrants is increasing. They tend to be ...